Information Threats and Influence Directorate - Revision history

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 *https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/44320/documents/220463/default/
 *[https://archive.ph/MXuyB Counter Disinformation Analyst (Fixed Term)] Mid-level, Long-term consulting assignment Posted on 31 October 2022
 ==Notes==

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−	[[File:Word-image-2990-10b.jpeg\|thumb\|right\|600px\| The structure of ITID in late 2023 just after the directorate was created.]]	+	[[File:Word-image-2990-10b.jpeg\|thumb\|right\|600px\| The structure of [[ITID]] in late 2023 just after the directorate was created.]]

	The [[Information Threats and Influence Directorate]] is funded by the [[Integrated Security Fund]] (formerly the [[CSSF]]) an intelligence funding mechanism overseen by the [[National Security Council]]. It is a separate directorate within the [[Defence and Security Directorate General]] (formerly [[Defence and Intelligence Directorate General]]) of the [[FCDO]]. The directorate is a successor to the [[Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme]] which was previously based within the [[HMG Russia Unit]] in the [[Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECAD) Directorate]]. This was responsible anti-Russian propaganda. The new Directorate is also working to produce propaganda against China, Iran and the Palestinians.		The [[Information Threats and Influence Directorate]] is funded by the [[Integrated Security Fund]] (formerly the [[CSSF]]) an intelligence funding mechanism overseen by the [[National Security Council]]. It is a separate directorate within the [[Defence and Security Directorate General]] (formerly [[Defence and Intelligence Directorate General]]) of the [[FCDO]]. The directorate is a successor to the [[Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme]] which was previously based within the [[HMG Russia Unit]] in the [[Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECAD) Directorate]]. This was responsible anti-Russian propaganda. The new Directorate is also working to produce propaganda against China, Iran and the Palestinians.

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 ==People==
 *[[Jonny Hall]] Jonny Hall is Director of the [[Information Threats and Influence Directorate]]. Before this he was Director of the [[Stabilisation Unit]]. Previously, Jonny spent 4 years in No.10 Downing Street, where he was Foreign Affairs Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from late 2016 to 2019.<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/people/jonny-hall</ref>
 ===Contractors===

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	The [[Information Threats and Influence Directorate]] is funded by the [[Integrated Security Fund]] (formerly the [[CSSF]]) an intelligence funding mechanism overseen by the [[National Security Council]]. It is a separate directorate within the [[Defence and Security Directorate General]] (formerly [[Defence and Intelligence Directorate General]]) of the [[FCDO]]. The directorate is a successor to the [[Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme]] which was previously based within the [[HMG Russia Unit]] in the [[Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECAD) Directorate]]. This was responsible anti-Russian propaganda. The new Directorate is also working to produce propaganda against China, Iran and the Palestinians.		The [[Information Threats and Influence Directorate]] is funded by the [[Integrated Security Fund]] (formerly the [[CSSF]]) an intelligence funding mechanism overseen by the [[National Security Council]]. It is a separate directorate within the [[Defence and Security Directorate General]] (formerly [[Defence and Intelligence Directorate General]]) of the [[FCDO]]. The directorate is a successor to the [[Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme]] which was previously based within the [[HMG Russia Unit]] in the [[Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECAD) Directorate]]. This was responsible anti-Russian propaganda. The new Directorate is also working to produce propaganda against China, Iran and the Palestinians.

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 ===Contractors===
 *[[Margherita Douglas]]
+*[[Giulio Morucci]] - contractor at [[Zinc Network]] - Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager, Zinc Network · Full-time, May 2024 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos. MEL for FCDO-funded counter-disinformation programmes and behaviour change campaigns (strategic communications) in complex settings.<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/giuliosmorucci/</ref>
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 === Timeline ===
-* '''March 2023''': Establishment of the ITID, incorporating the [[Government Information Cell]], announced in the [[Integrated Review Refresh]].<ref name="ns-ir-refresh-2023" />
+* '''March 2023''': Establishment of the ITID, incorporating the [[Government Information Cell]], announced in the [[Integrated Review Refresh]].<ref name="ns-ir-refresh-2023">UK Government, [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/641d72f45155a2000c6ad5d5/11857435_NS_IR_Refresh_2023_Supply_AllPages_Revision_7_WEB_PDF.pdf Integrated Review Refresh 2023] ''GOV.UK'', March 2023.</ref>
-* '''January 2024''': Foreign Affairs Committee notes ITID's role in challenging disinformation and building global reach.<ref name="faff-report-2024" />
+* '''January 2024''': Foreign Affairs Committee notes ITID's role in challenging disinformation and building global reach.<ref name="faff-report-2024">Foreign Affairs Committee, [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5804/cmselect/cmfaff/488/report.html Foreign Affairs Committee Report] ''UK Parliament'', January 2024.</ref>
-* '''2023/24''': £17.3 million budget allocated via [[CSSF]] for [[Information Threats and Influence]] Portfolio, focused on Russia’s information war against Ukraine.<ref name="cssf-ar2023-24" />
+* '''2023/24''': £17.3 million budget allocated via [[CSSF]] for [[Information Threats and Influence]] Portfolio, focused on Russia’s information war against Ukraine.<ref name="cssf-ar2023">UK Government, [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65a6964596a5ec000d731a60/Conflict_Stability_and_Security_Fund_annual_report_2022_2023.pdf Conflict, Stability and Security Fund annual report 2022 to 2023], January 2025.</ref>
-* '''2024/25''': Budget rises to £20 million under the [[Integrated Security Fund]].<ref name="isf-ar2024-25" />
+* '''2024/25''': Budget rises to £20 million under the [[Integrated Security Fund]].<ref name="isf-ar2024-25">UK Government, [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6901fa6fe6e3290939a1d0c9/Integrated_Security_Fund_annual_report_2024_to_2025.pdf Integrated Security Fund annual report 2024 to 2025] ''GOV.UK'', accessed 14 February 2026.</ref>
-* '''Late 2024–2025''': Renamed to [[Cyber, Information and Tech Threats Directorate]] (CITTD/CITT).<ref name="faff-evidence-2025" />
+* '''Late 2024–2025''': Renamed to [[Cyber, Information and Tech Threats Directorate]] (CITTD/CITT).<ref name="faff-evidence-2025">Foreign Affairs Committee, [https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/138112/html/ Written Evidence] ''UK Parliament'', 19 September 2025.</ref>
-* '''Early 2026''': Further renamed to [[Hybrid Threats Directorate]], with [[Jonny Hall]] CMG OBE as Director; parliamentary calls for increased funding from defence uplift.<ref name="faff-report-2026" />
+* '''Early 2026''': Further renamed to [[Hybrid Threats Directorate]], with [[Jonny Hall]] CMG OBE as Director; parliamentary calls for increased funding from defence uplift.<ref name="faff-report-2026">Foreign Affairs Committee, [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cmselect/cmfaff/703/report.html How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy] ''UK Parliament'', 27 March 2026.</ref>
 ==Discussions of the ITIG==

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 The budget for this work was £17.3 million. This rose to £20 million in 2024/5.<ref>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6901fa6fe6e3290939a1d0c9/Integrated_Security_Fund_annual_report_2024_to_2025.pdf</ref>
-In January 2024 the Foreign Affairs committee reported that:
+In January 2024 the Foreign Affairs Committee reported that:
 :In 2022, the FCDO also established the [[Information Threats and Influence Directorate]] (ITID) to challenge disinformation, propaganda and information operations by state actors and to enhance our reach to key audiences globally. [[EECAD]] is working closely with [[ITID]] to prioritise and develop its activities in Europe and Central Asia on the basis of UK national security interests. This work is heavily focused on building insight into Russian, and others’, information operations, supporting international coordination and responses, providing governmental capacity building and delivering strategic communications to counter hostile states’ malign narratives.<ref>https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5804/cmselect/cmfaff/488/report.html</ref>
 In March 2023 the government announced:
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 In the organisational structure of the [[FCDO]] it sits in the [[Defence and Intelligence Directorate General]] alongside the [[Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECAD) Directorate]], which also has well advertised intelligence links including, until 2023 at least, [[HMG Russia Unit]]. However the exposure of the Russia Unit as a veritable hub for spooks by the Russian intelligence services in late 2024, meant that its cover was certainly blown, though it continued to exist in government data disclosure until at least September 2024.<ref>https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/datagovuk-production-ckan-organogram/fcdo-organograms/resources/2025-07-11T09-06-32Z-2025-07-11-organogram-senior.csv</ref>
-After this the Directorate was renamed as [[Cyber, Information and Tech Threats Directorate]].
+== Name changes ==
 ==Discussions of the ITIG==
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	*https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/44320/documents/220463/default/		*https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/44320/documents/220463/default/
	*[https://archive.ph/MXuyB Counter Disinformation Analyst (Fixed Term)] Mid-level, Long-term consulting assignment Posted on 31 October 2022		*[https://archive.ph/MXuyB Counter Disinformation Analyst (Fixed Term)] Mid-level, Long-term consulting assignment Posted on 31 October 2022
		+	==Notes==